Smoker&#39;s appliance



Dec. 21 1926.

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Patented Dec. 21, 1926.

PTENT FFCE.

' FRANCIS D. HARDESTY, oF DAYTON, oHIo.

SMOKERS APPLIANCE.

Application led June 19, 1923. Serial No. 646,435.

' Theh present invention relates to smokers appliances and more specifically to such an appliance in the form of automobile accessories. The particular accessory is an ash receptacle which is more especially adapted for use with closed cars.

' Among the objects of. the invention isthe disposal of ash of cigarettes, cigars, etc., from such cars, saving their beingdropped on lthe floor of the machine rendering it uncleanly.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein preferred forms of embodiments of the present inventionrare clearly shown.

Inthe drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates an elevation of an auto-- in dotted lines the present invention applled thereto.

Fig. 2-is a detail with parts enlarged and' in section' showing an embodiment of the Fig. 3.is an external view` of part of an 4automobile showing a modified form of the invention.

Fig. et is a. section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. In the drawings, in Fig. 1, --is 'shown an automobile, represented as a whole by the numeral 10, provided with the usual engine indicated at 11, which engine Yis in turn provided with an exhaust pipe 12 and mufier 13. The muiier is as usual located under the door of the' automobile bodyand is provided with a short exit pipe 14. y

Inside of the body and placed at a convenientl location -is a cup or ash receiver 20. This cup is provided with sloping internai walls leading toa pipe 21 which in turn leadsA through the door vof the machine to a Venturi tube 22 which is inserted in .exit

pipe 14 and is arranged to exert suction through tube 21l when the engine 11 is in ,ment of the vehicle.

operation. If desired a second cup 20 may 45 be placedwithin the car in order to serve other occupants of the vehicle. This cup v2O is also provided with a connection tube 2l and pipes 21 and 21 may lead to a common-header 23 which may be attached 50 in operative relation to Venturi tube 22.

Inthe modification shown in Figs. 3 and i a cup 30 of the same character as cup 20 may be placed within the body and atube 3l may extend therefrom to a venturi '32 55 which may be placed outside of the body in the air stream occasioned by forward move- In Figs. 3 and 4. the venturi 32 is indicated as mounted, upon the rear fender 35 of the vehicle.

It is of course obvious that other locations for the cups and for the Venturi tubes may be found which will be advantageous under other circumstances.

lVhile the forms of embodiments of the 65 present invention as herein disclosed, con stitute preferred forms, it is to be understood that other forms mightbe adopted, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow. I

IVhat I claim is as follows:

1'. In combination with an automobile having a motor provided with an -exhaust pipe, a cup or tray located within the body of the automobile and provided with a tube extending therefrom to a Venturi tube associated with the engine exhaust in such fashion as to exert suction in said cup.

2. In combination with an automobile, a cup or tray located within the body thereof 80 in a location convenient to the occupant or occupants ofsaid automobile and connected by means of a tube-with a Venturi tube so placed as toproduce suction within saidcup during operation of the vehicle.

In testimony whereof I hereto atlix my signature.

FRANCIS D. HARDESTY. 

